1) Alcoholism 2) Cacoethes 3) Mania 4) Passion 5) Potomania 6) Problem for AA
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1) Potomania
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Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. In the 19th century, dipsomania was a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are known today as alcoholism. Dipsomania is occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol int...
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alcohol => [dipso-] (Greek) meaning 'thirst'.
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abnormal craving for alcohol
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• (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
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The true meaning is an excessive or unnatural desire to consume (drink) any type of fluid, but will usually mean Alcoholism
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Dip`so·ma'ni·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... thirst + ... mania.]
(Medicine) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dip′sō-mā′nē-ă Definitions: 1. A recurring compulsion to drink alcoholic beverages to excess. See: alcoholism
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Dipsomania is a term for alcoholism. The term was introduced in the 19th century to denote an insane craving for intoxicating liquors, when occurring in a confirmed or habitual form. In Britain, the treatment of alcoholics was based around enforced abstinence, and 'homes' for this purpose were first officially established under the Habitual Drunkar...
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n] - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
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dipsomania 1. The pathological excessive use of of alcohol. 2. Periodic drinking bouts. 3. A morbid and insatiable craving for alcohol. Also applied to persistent drunkenness; alcoholism.
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alcoholism 1 potomania noun an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
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an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
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